Is this the biggest mismatch in tennis history? It's comically one-sided, and not even in the sense of the scoreline. It's even boring to watch by women's tennis standards. Nothing gets me less excited than hearing that Murray is going to play Simon. It fact, it actually makes me less enthusiastic about my own existence. Murray could probably pick up any racquet strung at any tension and put on two left-shoes and still probably win in straight-sets. He could probably fix the score of the match as well.

His match against Federer at the 2011 AO wasn't half bad. Simon was aggressive with his forehand in the final three sets and was hitting lots of winners with it.

Simon has many matches like this. His match vs Nadal in Madrid is him at his peak, and it is amazing to watch. It's just that mediocre Simon (who is a top 20 player mind you) wins matches in very boring ways. But his game can be mesmerizing at time, Lleyton Hewitt on coke

Agreed. Not particularly interesting. But there's something, to me, about the Simon-Murray matchup that separates it from the pack of of other uninteresting matchups. I'm not completely certain what it is. Simon could be playing anyone else and I would find it more interesting, and likewise Murray could be playing anyone else and I'd find it more interesting. But I have seen Murray play live, and I quite enjoy watching him play sometimes, so it must be Simon. I think the combination of Murray's passive tennis and Simon's lack of variety is what makes the mood-killing combo...

The big interest will be if they'll break the 71 shot rally benchmark that's been set. My guess is - in the first set.

They didn't even manage 30. The match is over already, you're a day late.

This match-up is so boring because if Murray plays even remotely average he will win with ease. Simon himself feels that Murray is just a bigger, stronger, better version of him and his toughest opponent (he said that in 2010). Although I don't really agree with that these days, as Murray is much more aggressive now. But the thing is, Murray can play however he likes, he will still win.